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"Flemington « Architectural Gem"ll^ Topic of Annual Meeting on March 25.

The architecture of Flemington gives the town a special significance. The large number of buildings and their superb quality is a concentration of architecture representative of most of the major developments in 19th century architecture.

The firm of Musial & Guerra has prepared for Flemington a proposal for a historic district to be submitted for inclusion in the State Register of Historic Places. A representative of the firm will present at the Society's Annual Meeting an illustrated talk on Flemington's architecture using new photographs and copies from the Society's photographic archives to show examples of architectural types and details.

The Annual Meeting will be held at 2 p.m. in the Methodist Church meeting room on Maple Avenue in Flemington. Refreshments will be served

in the Doric House following the meeting. Plan to join us March 25th.

The Reading-Large House, shown in this circa 1883 photograph above, is one example of Fleming-ton's architectural legacy. Built in 1847 by Mahlon Fisher for James N. Reading, this handsome building continues to enhance our environment.

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March 25, 1979, 2 p.m.: Annual Meeting FLEMINGTON ARCHITECTURAL GEM

June 30, 1979: Spring Meeting Announcement of program to follow

November 18,1979: Fall Meeting Announcement of program to follow

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272 HUNTERDON HISTORICAL NEWSLETTER

H U N T E R D O N H I S T O R I C A L N E W S L E T T E R Published Fall , Winter, Spring, by the Hunterdon County Historical Society, 114 Main St., Flemington, N.J . 08822

P U B L I C A T I O N C O M M I T T E E Roxanne K . Carkhuff, Editor

Phyllis D'Autrechy Kathleen J . Schreiner Richard Hixson Fred Sisser, H I Cynthia Furlong Reynolds Walter J . Young

— Library Hours — Thursday, 1-3 p.m. and Saturday I H p.m.

TELEPHONE: 201/782-1091 US ISSn-0018-7850

OFFICERS & TRUSTEES President Kenneth V . Myers (1981) Vice President Edwin K . Large, Jr . (1980) Vice President Richard H . Stothoff (1981) Recording Secretary John W. K u h l (1981) Corresponding Secretary Roxanne K . Carkhuff (1980) Treasurer Frederick Stothoff (1979)

Virginia Everitt (1980) John F . Schenk (1979) Douglas D . Martin (1980) Norman C . Wittwer (1979) Chester Piell (1979) Walter J . Young (1981)

NOTES and Q U E R I E S Address correspondence to Genealogical Committee. Listings of ten lines free to members, non-member rates are 25 cents per line.

R A K E : Desire information on Ellas Rake, b. ca. 1810. Any info on parents, grandparents, other family members. ADD: Mrs. Sandra L . Rake, 5410 Henry St., Muskegon, MI 49441. BURROUGHS, HUNT: Who were parents of Nathaniel Hunt, b. 11 April 1769 and his wife Susannah Burroughs, b. 11 Dec. 1772. Their son Eden Burroughs Hunt b. Woodsville 10 July 1796. ADD: Mrs. F . Willson Daily, 3 Country Club Rd., Savannah, GA 31410.

BIGGS, COLE, HARRIS, SIDDERS: Was Mahala Cole [1809-1844], d/o John and Elizabeth Biggs Cole, raised by Harris family? Was Jacob Cole Sidders [1844-1864], a Civil War casualty buried in church yard at Milford, an uncle? ADD: Emma Vanderlip, 410 S. 55th St., Lincoln, NE 68510.

C A R R O L L , D R A K E , T A Y L O R : Seek parents, etc. of Isaac Taylor, b. ca. 1756 Hunterdon County, NJ where he entered Revolutionary War. About "year of peace" left NJ , perhaps to NY, Ohio Co., VA by 1790's. SAid to be related to Drake and Zachary Taylor families. Children were Stephen, Debora, Cornelius, b. early to mid 1780's; mother Elizabeth Carroll (?) . Glad to exchange data on Taylors. ADD: Edgar R. Taylor, Jr., 1070 Old Gate Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15235.

B E L L I S , MC MURPHY, WOOLVERTON: Seek data and place of death of Gabriel Woolverton, s/o Joel [1715-1795] and Elizabeth. Gabriel b. c. 1750-55 Hunterdon, d. after 1803. May have m. Catharine (Caty) McMurphy. Gabriel was father of Rachel [1791-1876] who m. Adam Bellis [1788-1850]. Wish names of Gabriel's other children. ADD: Tom Bellis, 2606 S. Troy St., Arlington, VA 22206.

EMIGRANTS FROM GFRMANY TO HUNTFRDON COUNTY, FROM 1709 AND A F T F R , TRACFD TO THFIR ANCFSTRIAF TOWNS

Hank Jones, P.O. Box 8341, Universal City, California 91608, continues to make sensational progress in learning of the origins of many of the early German settlers of Hunterdon County. Mr. Jones has in his employ a competent German genealogist, who is making village-to-village investigations for Palatine emigrants to America. In this region of Germany, particularly in the area of Neuwied-Wester-wald, he is finding many who eventually settled in Hunterdon County.

In order to help support the tremendous expense of maintaining a full-time researcher, Mr. Jones is again willing to share his finds with those interested Palatine descendants, for a nominal fee. Following is a list of the early Hunterdon Germans his researches have discovered in churchbooks, and in various archives in Germany. After the name of the emigrant is found, in some cases, the name (s) by which later generations went:

Peter Applemann Nicolaus Bason - Besson Jost Henrich Bast - Boss, Best Johannes Berlemann - Perlman Paul Braun - Brown Peter & Georg Castner - Kastner Thomas Ehemann Jacob E o f (Off) - E o f f Peter Fuchs - F o x Michael Hindershiet - Hendershot Hermann Hoffman - Hoffman,

Huffman Casper Klotter - Clutter Johannes Laux - L o c k x , Loux Johannes Lorentx - Lawrence,

Lorrence Frantz Lucas Christopher Mohr - Moore Philip Petri - Peters Michael Pfeiffer - Fifer Peter Pfuhl - Pool Daniel Rabel Martin Rauscher Mattheus Rheinbolt Jacob Risch - Race Margaretha Schlicher - Slyker Peter Sein - Sine Johannes Speder - Spader Jost Stier - Stires Christian Streit Simeon Vogt - Voght Wilhelm Ahlbach - Alpaugh

Wilhelm Altgeldt - Outcalt Georg Backus - Backhaus Adam Bellesfeldt - Bellis Peter Bellesfeldt - Bellis Wilhelm Bellesfeldt - Bellis T ie l Berg Georg Corcilius - Cortselius Gerhardt Dunschmann Martin Eychenberg - Eichenberg Zacharias Flammersfeld - Flomerfelt Herbert Hachenburg - Hockenberry Herbert Hommer - Hummer Georg Hoppoch - Hoppock Peter Jung - Young Johannes Jungblut - Youngblood Anthony Kaes - Case Bastian Kaes - Case Philip Kaes - Case Wilhelm Kaes - Case Wilhelm Kemp - Camp Wilhelm Kreiger - Creiger Conradina Manderbach Wilhelm Poppelsdorf Johannes Remmie - Remmy Johannes Rohrich Andreas Rudig - Redick, Rederick Conrad Sayn - Sine Nicholaus Sayn - Sine Matthias Scharfstein - Sharp, Sharps Peter Scharfenstein - Sharp, Sharps Wilhelm Schnuch - Snook Christian Service - Servis, Servas

H U N T E R D O N ' S L A S T V E T E R A N S O E T H E R E V O L U T I O N A R Y WAR

JOHN BESSON John Besson was born 17 April 1750, in Amwell

Township, Hunterdon County, the son of Francis and Elizabeth Besson (also spelled Pyson, Person, etc.). When John was almost twenty-five years old, and still a resident of Amwell Township, he ioined a local militia as a volunteer. Soon after, on 1 April 1775, he was elected an Ensign. The volunteers were placed under the command of Captain David Johnes, John Rockafellar, First Lieutenant, and John Taylor, Second Lieutenant. The Unit became known as The Third Regiment, Hunterdon County Militia.

Ensign Besson and the Third Regiment made their first tour of duty, which lasted for about a month, by marching to Amboy. During the summer of 1776, they made their second tour, when, under the command of Captain Johnes, they went to "a place called Smiths farms Near Amboy". In August, 1776, Besson's Regiment went out on their third monthly tour, "at a place called Heddys Mill between Elizabethtown & Amboy . . . near the Blazing star".

During this tour the Battle of Long Island was fought, and Captain Johnes, Ensign Besson, and a large number of their fellow soldiers "laid quartered along the sound".

In the fall of 1776 John Besson's fourth tour brought him to Two Bridges in Somerset County, "near the head of [the] Raritan River", where he remained for about a month. Shortly after, he went out on his fifth tour to Bound Brook, where he was stationed for over a month, as he was not relieved at the expiration of his term of duty. While at Bound Brook, the British "came up from New Brunswick & being too strong for the militia forced them to retreat into the mountain during which both kept up a firing and several were killed." This proved to be Ensign Besson's most active engagement with the enemy. In later years he described it as "a very severe skirmish."

"About the first of December 1776" the Ensign and his militia were called out for about ten days on an alarm to Trenton,iust before the battle was fought there. Likewise, before the Battle of Princeton, Besson, under Captain Johnes, was called out for "about a week ... perhaps more."


At the time "the enemy left Philadelphia for Monmouth", and prior to the battle raged there, Ensign Besson went out under Colonel David Chambers. Though he was at Monmouth during the battle, he was not actually in the engagement.

John Besson served as an Ensign, and held a commission to that post, throughout the entire Revolutionary War. According to himself, he "always did duty when called upon". In addition to his various tours, he was "out at a number of alarms", was engaged in "guarding the country from incursions of the enemy", as well as going out on "scouting parties" against the enemy, "& other like services."

Previous to serving in the Revolutionary War, John Besson married, probably in 1772, Margaret, the daughter of Squire John Opdycke and his wife, Margaret Creen, residents of Amwell (now Delaware) Township, Hunterdon County. The Bessons had nine children, all of whom were born in Amwell Township, probably on the large farm John owned along the road "leading from the Boarshead to Flemington."

Part of the Besson farm consisted of ninety-seven acres which John purchased of Samuel Henry on 6 May 1794, adjoining lands of Samuel Besson (probably his brother), Thomas Holcomb, James Larrison, Job Thatcher, James Atkinson, and John Hough. Another ten acres came to John per the will of his father, Francis Besson. This land was bounded by land owned by John Case and "Barracks Land".

In time, John Besson disposed of his extensive land holdings, most of it going to his children "out of natural love and affection". On 15 February 1815, "John Besson senf and Margaret his wife of the Township of Amwell", for the sum of SI.00, sold to their eldest son, "John Besson, junl " of the same Township, the ninety-seven acres purchased by the senior Besson from Samuel Henry in 1794. To his daughter Ann, and her husband, Ceorge Trout, "John Besson Sen." gave, on 1 November 1816, forty-two acres in Amwell Township, "out of love and affection". For the same reason, on 19 April 1823, John gave to his son, Agesilaus, one hundred and twenty-two acres "on the road leading from Boarshead Tavern to Flemington". Because of "natural love and affection", on 10 January 1825, he gave his daughter, Mary, and her husband Andrew Bearder, Jr. one hundred and eighteen acres in Amwell Township. Periodically during the 1830's John sold small amounts of acreage, mostly wood lots, situated in Raritan Township.

In his old age, John Besson, a widower since 1820, resided with his youngest child, Mary Bearder, and her family, in Raritan Township. By 1829, the old Ensign was described as "blind & feble . . . & in

firm". Collecting a $120.00 a year pension from the government, he lived out his last days in his own room which contained but a fraction of his original possessions. A desk, table, chairs, candlestick and mirror were among his few earthly affects. Two Bibles and the silhouettes of he and his wife as young marrieds must have been among his most prized possessions.

But above all, the old soldier had his recollections of his service to his country, and must have often reminded his family and friends of his wartime rank - that of an Ensign, for due reference was made of it in his obituary which appeared in the 27 July 1842 issue of the Hunterdon Gazette:

In Raritan, on the 24th inst. Mr. John Besson, aged 92 years — an Ensign in the Army of the Revolution.

THE FAMILY OF ENSIGN JOHN BESSON

JOHN BESSON, the son of Francis and Elizabeth Besson, was born in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, on 17 April 1750; he died in Raritan Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey on 24 July 1842; he married, circa 1772, MARGARET OPDYCKE, the daughter of John and Margaret (Green) Opdycke; she was born in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, on 2 February 1752; and died in the same Township in 1820.

John and Margaret (Opdycke) Besson's children were: i . JOHN BESSON, JR., born 2 February 1773; died 2

February 1838; married, 10 August 1795, Rachel Trout. ii . THOMAS BESSON, born 31 December 1 774. hi. FRANCIS BESSON, born 6 December 1 776; died 7 April

1815; married, 22 August 1799, Elizabeth Thatcher. iv. SAMUEL BESSON, born 13 June 1779.

V. WILLIAM BESSON, born 1 October 1781. vi. ANN BESSON, born 10 September 1783; died 17 De

cember 1866; married, first, 10 January 1805, John Trout; second, 23 February 1811, George Trout.

vii. MARGARET BESSON, born 27 April 1787; married John Hughes.

viii. AGESILAUS BESSON, born 18 March 1790; married, 19 October 1815, Elizabeth Hummer.

ix. MARY BESSON, born 6 July 1793; married, 10 February 1814, Andrew Bearder, Jr.

Fred Sisser, III

Index Available A full name index to the first ten volumes of

IJuntenlon Historical Newsletter is now available. To receive a xerox copy send a self-addressed, stamped envelope and $1 to the Society. 114 Main Street, Flemington. NJ 08822.

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L I B R A R I A N R E P O R T S D I S A P P E A R E N C E O E D E A T S G E N E A L O G I C A L F I L E S

Shocking news, isn't it! To all of the hundreds of patrons who have used these files at the library, the loss would be profound. To all of the thousands who have corresponded with Mr. Hiram Deats during his long career as historian and genealogist; who have had their questions answered by the Hunterdon County Historical Society for nearly eighty years; the disappearence of this resource would be tragic. And yet it is true.

The Deats Genealogical File consists of one thousand folders containing bible records, interviews and oral history, newspaper clippings, photographs and carbon copies of replies to requests for information. They span a half century of ancestor hunting by correspondents from all over the United States. As fragments of social and cultural history, they are invaluable; however they are in danger of disappearing forever.

Who is the culprit? Where does the danger lie? It is not from fire, flood, or even theft. The culprits are the very things contained in the files. Chiefly, it is the carbon copies of Mr. Deat's letters and the newspaper clippings that are causing the loss. The high acid content of these papers is literally eating the files to dust. The photographs contain traces of developing chemicals that destroy paper. The ink fades, the carbon smears, the file folders (relics of the War Price and Rationing Board) collapse. Yet all of these things would not cause nearly the problem they do, if it were not for the very people who would most mourn the loss of the files.

in the two years since the Bicentennial and the publication of Mr. Alex Haley's book, "Roots", the Corresponding secretary and the library volunteers have reported a three-fold increase in use. This use is causing the files, already weakened by acid, exposure to light and atmospheric pollution, to crumble away.

At their January meeting, the Board of Trustees moved to stem this trend, it was decided that all high-acid materials would be xeroxed and all materials transferred to modern hanging files that would decrease the wear and tear from constant use. This is a very expensive project, the cost of copying and refiling in hanging files is approximately S2.00 per folder. Add to this the salaries for the staff and the purchase of additional filing space and the cost of the project is nearly $5,000.

We are asking for your help in this ambitious task. One dollar will pay for the supplies, three dollars will pay for the copying, five dollars will

pay the entire cost of preservation of one family name file for the use of future generations.

I f you have ever received help from the Society in tracing your family, if you have your roots in Hunterdon County, please send a check, made payable to the Society and note that it is to be used for this project. Specify the family name or names for which you are contributing. In a future issue, we will acknowledge all contributions and list contributors with the names they specify. This will provide a type of informal genealogical exchange so that everyone will know which families are being actively researched and by whom. Of course, your contributions will be tax deductible. A few contributions have already been received.

BROKAW - Fred Sisser, I I I HUFF - Fred Sisser, i l l JOHNSON - Kathleen J . Schreiner K I S E - Roxanne K . Carkhuff KUHL - John W. Kuhl MARTINDELL - Edward H. Quick POULSON - Jacqueline D. Pouison P R A L L - Kathleen J . Schreiner QUICK - Edward H. Quick SCHENCK - Mrs. Mary Barties VAN DOREN - Mrs. Mary Barties VAN NESTE - Fred Sisser, I I I

Kathleen J . Schreiner is working on the Deats genealogical files.


Imagine for a moment the following scene

You are residing in a home that your family has occupied for three generations. Your cellar contains your great-uncle's Indian artifacts, the attic is full of great-grandfather's scrapbooks and every room in between is packed with furniture, books, photographs and a million other things, each one having a great sentimental value to you and your family. Just when every last inch of space is taken, your grandfather's estate sends over several truckloads of books, manuscripts, and files, the accumulation of a lifetime of collecting. So, you decide to move, which means you must raise the money for a new home, renovate it, and pack and unpack.

For those of us raised to believe that there is "a place for everything, and everything in its place" that scene is one of which nightmares are made. Even those of us who believe in "congenial clutter" would be horrified at the thought of all that packing and unpacking. Yet all of our old friends will recognize this scene a summary of what the Society has undergone in the last fifteen years.

Many of you will remember that cataloging of the Deats Library was begun shortly before Mr. Deat's death in 1963. The Society moved to its new home in the Doric House in 1972. Three years ago, Kathleen Schreiner was hired to begin the task of producing a card catalog for the book collection. To

date, about 60% of the books have been processed and cards are in the catalog. In the spring of 1978, a federal grant made possible the hiring of George Kreutler who has worked on the newspapers still in storage in the former headquarters and is presently filing the manuscript collection in protective files and producing a preliminary catalog of this resource.

After a recent survey of county historical societies, the Deats Memorial Library was described as one of the finest collections in the state. The product of all these cataloging projects will be to make it one of the best organized collections. Good organization makes it possible for our patrons to find the information they need more quickly and in addition, protects the collection from excessive handling.

Maintaining a library and manuscript depository is a time-consuming process. It is also an expensive task! Other libraries in the state are meeting these costs by charging admission fees or by admitting members only. The Trustees have chosen not to take this course and the library has remained open to members and non-members alike. A contribution box is available in the library and contributions by non-members are often forthcoming. Our members have in the past been very generous when we have asked for help. But your continuing support is essential if work on the collection is to continue and the library is to remain open to the public.

Blackwell Row at the corner of Bloomfield Avenue and Main Street in Flemington was dismantled and the Flemington National Bank and Trust Company moved to its new building on this site in February 1898.

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H U N T E R D O N C O U N T Y C O U R T O E O Y E R AND T E R M I N E R 1749

"The Courts of Oyer and Terminer were convened to try felonies or more severe crimes. These courts met whenever necessary upon special commission issued by the governor and privy council. Each commission constituted a separate court." (NJA: 3:l :47n)

When a Court of Oyer and Terminer was to be held the Justices of the Supreme Court sent the County Sheriff a precept or order to bring the prisoners to the Court House to stand trial. The sheriff was also "to bring twenty-four good and lawful men to make a grand jury . . . and forty-eight good and lawful men by whom the truth may be known." The lists of the jurists, magistrates and coroners were attached to the precept.

The oldest known existent precept for Hunterdon County is dated 17 April 1749 at Burlington where perhaps court was being held at the time. The Court for Hunterdon County was to be held on 2 May 1749. Robert Hunter Morris, Esquire was the Chief Justice; Samuel Nevill, Esquire, Second Justice; Charles Reed, Esquire, Third Justice. The other judges were William Morris, Thomas Cadwalader, Andrew Smith, Martin Ryerson and Jasper Smith, Esquires. The Coroners were Reuben Armitage and Theo. Severns.

The Constables were Nathan Wright, Geo. Davis, Robert Taylor and Nich's Roberts for Trenton; Vincent Runion and Robert Akers, Hopewell; Wm. Welling, Maidenhead; Wm. Blake and Robt. Lee, Amwell; John Farnsworth and Thomas Evans, King-wood; John Rope (Rose?) and Thos. Tytei, Bethlehem; Mathias Van Horn, Lebanon; and Henry Johnson and Job Corsan, Reading Town.

" A p " or " D " preceed the names of the jurors usually and probably stand for "appeared" or "dismissed". The letters "jur" following a name seems to indicate that he had been chosen to serve as a jurist. All lists were signed by D. Martin, Sheriff.

GRAND J U R Y

Case: King vs. Aaron Vanhook

ap John Garretson Jur ap Jasper Smith Jur ap John Welling Jur ap Jonathan Hunt Jur ap William Clayton Jur torn Samuel Phillips Jur ap John Allen Jur torn Peter Lot t ap John Price Jur torn Peter Phillips Jur ap Cornelius Anderson Jur torn William Burroughs Jur ap John Hart Jr . Jur torn John Vancliff Jur ap Wilson Hunt Jur ap John Brayley Jur ap David Stout Jur ap Samuel Smith Jur ap Edmund Herring Jur ap Joseph Moore Jur ap Thomas Price Jur ap John Moore Jur ap John Dean Jur ap Sacket Moore Jur

ap Joseph Yard Jur ap Abraham Larow Jr . T

ap Derrick Hogelandt Jur D J

Nathan Parker ap Ralph Hart Jr . Jur ap John Reed ap William Snowden ap ap John Davis ap David Howell Jur D Ephraim Titus ap Henry Lott D Thomas Moore ap Philip Phillips D Samuel Fleming D John Burroughs ap Abiel David ap Joseph Price Jur ap Richard Holcomb ap Stephen Burroughs Jur ap Richard Tanning ap Joseph Stout Jur ap Joseph Baldwin ap Daniel Banning Jur ap John Bainbridge J r . ap Benjamin Brayley Jur 9 D Arthur Howel ap Thomas Smith Jur 10 ap Henry Marchand Jur 11 ap Nathan Moore

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Case: King vs. Nathaniel Cr i ( ) n e and Marg., his wife

John Titus Thomas Walters William Snowden John Jewel Benjamin Brayley John Stevens Henry Marchand David Howell 4 Stephen Biles Stephen Burroughs Abraham Larow Jr . Nicholas Schoemaker Corwal Stevenson* Thomas Blackwell Stephen Biles Nicholas Schomaker John Titus William Phillips Jonathan Stout John Phillips John Titus Jacob Swallow Isaac Reeder

ap Thomas Moore Jur ap ap Joseph Higbee Jur ap ap William Lynne Jur ap ap Edward Hunt Jur D ap . Thomas Blackw(torn) D ap Nathan Moore Jur ap D Thomas Smith ap ap Stephen Rose Jur ap ap Henry Lott Jur ap ap Abiel Davis Jur 9 ap ap Joseph Baldwin Jur 10 ap ap Stephen Tanning ap ap Richard Tanning

*these names below are on the back of the list

Case: King vs. Thomas Harvey

Joseph Yard Joseph Higbee Thomas Moore William Lynne Edward Hunt Thomas Blackwell Nathan Moore Stephen Rose Thomas Smith Henry Lot t John Reed Abiel Davis Joseph Baldwin Stephen Tanning Richard Tanning Ephraim Titus John Titus

Thomas Walter William Snowden John Jewell Noah Hunt Benjamin Brayley John Stevens Zebulon Stout Arthur Howel Henry Marchand Samuel Fleming David Howel Cornwall Stevenson Stephen Biles Derrick Hogeland Joseph Price Stephen Burroughs Joseph Stout

Precept - Hunterdon County - 25 April 1753

Justices: Samuel Neville, Charles Read, William Morris, Martin Ryerson, Theophilus Phillips and Wm. Clayton, Esquires.

Magistrates: William Morris, Andrew Smith, Martin Ryerson, Theos. Phillips, John Garrison, Isaac Herring, Philip Ringo, Charles Clark, Ralph Smith, Samuel Johnson, Jasper Smith, John Philips, Sam'l Stout, Corns. Ringo, Benj'n Rounsaval, Hugh Martin, William Clayton, Thos. Severns, and Benj'n Biles.


Constables-1752 Term: Jas. Cummings, Benj'n Yard , Wm. Hepburn and Daniel Howell, Trenton; Sam'l Phillips, Maidenhead; Jona. Furman Jr . and Wm. Bryant, Hopewell; Maiaijah Bunn and Jacob Johnson, Amwell ; Christeen Harseles and Henry St ( ) 11 , Reding Town; Aron B—capas? and Jacob Large, Kingwood; Corns. Skinner and Corns. Bodine, Lebanon; John C. Daniel, Jon ( ) Robins and John C(ake) , Bethlehem.

Case: King vs. Deborah, wife of Captain Jno. Anderson.

G R A N D J U R Y L I S T

ap John Vancleafe Jur ap Eli ja Bond ap John E l y Jur ap Samuel Hulicks ap Benj'n Brearly Jur ap Phillip Titus ap Abraham Temple Jur ap Stephen Rose ap Isaac Reeder Jur ap David Howell ap John Welling Jur ap Richard Hart ap Abner Philips Jur ap James Fi tch ap Sam'l Hunt Jur Henry Marshon ap John Hart Jur ap John Hogeland ap Benj'n Temple Jur ap Benj'n Moore ap Wm. Green Jur ap John Coleman ap Joseph Scuder Jur ap Dan'I Laurue ap Abial Davis ap Peter Lot t ap William Waters ap Sam'l Tucker J ap Jos. Higbee Joseph Clayton ap Edman Palmer ap Ewan Burroughs ap Jos. Green ap James Reutherfoard ap Jos, Houghton ap John Rickey ap Charles Sexton ap Joseph Rogers ap Hezekiah Howell ap Joshua Waterhouse

Nathan Beeks Abraham Moore

ap Philip Phillips Jur D Joseph Howell ap Joseph Tindall Jur ap Richard Reed Jur ap Aron Runion Jur ap Peter Covonover Jur ap Moses Baldwin Jur ap Phillip Palmer Jur ap Joseph Stout of Jur ap Abraham Lurow Jur

Hopewell ap Joseph Moore Jur D Wm. Welling ap Jonathan Gray Jur D Isaac Reader ap Thos. Tindall Jur affirmed ap Scacket (sic) Moore Jur D Jno. Coleman ap James Adams Jur D Ephraim Quimby ap Stephen Burroughs Jur ap Ralph Hart Jur D Dan'I Laning ap Stephen Doan Jur ap Garret Johnson Jur

Phyllis D 'Autrechy

M E M B E R S H I P R E P O R T

Jno. Allen, Sheriff

A warm welcome is extended to those who have recently joined the Hunterdon County Historical Society.

Edwin H. Bragg, Wayne, PA Richard Butterfoss, Pennington, NJ Mr. & Mrs. Hariey Gritzmacher, Ringoes, NJ Mr. and Mrs. Harold J . Hankinson, Jr.,

Flemington, NJ Mr. & Mrs. John S. Heuss, Charlotte, NC Mrs. Pearl Lacey, Virginia Beach, VA Beth Myers, Flemington, NJ Mrs. John W. Patterson, Newark, OH James A. Rasmussen, La Joiia, CA Oscar W. Rittenhouse, Flemington, NJ Manning F . Sherman, Manasquan, NJ

Mrs. Frederick Stothoff Membership Secretary

The Forker House occupied land on Main Street at the corner of Maple Avenue where the Flemington Library is now located.

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